[6], The upper level opened on September 10, 1932, as part of the city-operated Independent Subway System (IND)'s initial segment, the Eighth Avenue Line between Chambers Street and 207th Street. This bi-level station has six tracks and four side platforms in total. [5] Originally, the BOT did not plan for a 50th Street station on the Queens Boulevard Line. CONTRACTS TO BE LET SOON Commission Hopes to Begin Work in Brooklyn, Bronx and Queens by End of Year. [27]:36 The ceilings of the original platforms and fare control areas contain plaster molding. Eighth Avenue Line. This bi-level station has six tracks and four side platforms in total. [11], The southbound side of 50th Street has an expanded mezzanine area, with exits to West 49th and West 50th Streets; it also has two ADA-accessible elevators (one from the street to the mezzanine, the other from the mezzanine to the lower-level platform). 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On November 21, 1926, it was announced that the BOT had agreed to construct a stop at this location for the Queens Boulevard Line. Planning for the city's first subway line dates to the Rapid Transit Act, authorized by the New York State Legislature in 1894. [13] Due to the lengthening of the platforms at 86th Street and 96th Street, the intermediate 91st Street station was closed on February 2, 1959, because it was too close to the other two stations. [28], Each platform has same-level fare control at the center and there are no crossovers or crossunders to allow free transfer between directions. This mezzanine was reconstructed during the construction of the Worldwide Plaza Complex. The cheapest way to get from Canal Street Station (New York City Subway) to 50th Street Station (IND lines) costs only $2, and the quickest way takes just 8 mins. There are also two street stairs to the southwest corner of that intersection, as well as one street stair to either western corner of Eighth Avenue and 50th Street. Increased and lengthened service was implemented during peak hours on the 1 train on February 6, 1959. This station is on the southwest corner at the intersection of 50th street and Minnesota highway 55 and Hiawatha Avenue, near Minnehaha. [5]:148 The Rapid Transit Construction Company, organized by John B. McDonald and funded by August Belmont Jr., signed Contract 1 with the Rapid Transit Commission in February 1900,[7] in which it would construct the subway and maintain a 50-year operating lease from the opening of the line. MANHATTAN. The upper level is located on the Eighth Avenue Line and is fed by Eighth Avenue local trains from Central Park West and has four tracks and two side platforms. 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